The Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance and Aging in VAP Outcomes: Experience from a Large Tertiary Care Center

Marios Arvanitis; Theodora Anagnostou; Themistoklis K. Kourkoumpetis; Panayiotis D. Ziakas; Athanasios Desalermos; Eleftherios Mylonakis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089984

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The Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance and Aging in VAP Outcomes: Experience from a Large Tertiary Care Center

Marios Arvanitis ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marios Arvanitis, Theodora Anagnostou

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Theodora Anagnostou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marios Arvanitis, Theodora Anagnostou

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Themistoklis K. Kourkoumpetis,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Panayiotis D. Ziakas,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Athanasios Desalermos,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Eleftherios Mylonakis

* E-mail: emylonakis@lifespan.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance and Aging in VAP Outcomes: Experience from a Large Tertiary Care Center

Marios Arvanitis,
Theodora Anagnostou,
Themistoklis K. Kourkoumpetis,
Panayiotis D. Ziakas,
Athanasios Desalermos,
Eleftherios Mylonakis

Published: February 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089984

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